I am Jessy, a lecturer-researcher at the Journalism faculty of Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg, The Netherlands. My research interests focus on AI applications and discourses within journalism. I currently conduct PhD research into Dutch AI narratives. My academic work is published in journals such as Journalism Studies. Besides my work at Fontys Journalism, I am also active as an innovative (investigative) journalist and podcast producer, amongst other things
With Jessy de Cooker and Alka Anna Goos
This session explores how generative AI, journalism and humanity influence one another in today’s media landscape. Rather than viewing AI as a tool, we approach it as an agent that tests our own humanity: what remains of intuition, interpretation and empathy when technology thinks and writes alongside us?